Imperial period

Russian Paper Money | Imperial period | 1866-1880 serie

These are the first russian money to have portraits on them. On the notes are: Dmitry Donskoy, Mikhail Fedorovich - the founder of the Romanov dynasty, his son Aleksey Mihailovich, his grandson Peter The Great and empress Ekaterina II The Great. The latter two will stay on the banknotes for a long time, until the 1917 revolution.